Question mark?

rfomlover · rfomlover #1 (**permalink**)

02-14-2010, 07:17 PM

When I boot up my MacBook pro, it really quickly shows a folder with a question mark. It just started today. Anyone know what it means?

6string · 6string #2 (**permalink**)

02-14-2010, 07:31 PM

Have a read through this

rfomlover · rfomlover #3 (**permalink**)

02-14-2010, 10:15 PM

It works fine. There are no problems at all. It just quickly shows it, then continues to boot up. Just curious on as to what it meant. I dont think that it is anything serious like the beginning of that article.

6string · 6string #4 (**permalink**)

02-14-2010, 10:23 PM

Well, just keep a constant backup, best off with CCC or SuperDuper, so that way, if your hard drive fails that you have a bootable external copy of your system.
I would, just to check, boot off your install disc, and verify disk in disk utilities, and if errors come up, repair disk.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #5 (**permalink**)

02-14-2010, 11:18 PM

Try this. Open System Preferences and click on Startup Disk. Click on the OSX hard drive and click on Reboot. Let us know if that ? goes away after that.

rfomlover · rfomlover #6 (**permalink**)

02-15-2010, 11:17 PM

I figured it out. It was because I had a boot camp partition set up before I had windows on it. I think it was trying to boot that partition with nothing on it, after putting on windows, it went away, also I set my OS X partition back to the default for startup and it is gone. Also, today I put in a new HDD. 500GB 7200rpm hitachi travel star I think.

dtravis7 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,788 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	02-14-2010, 11:18 PM Try this. Open System Preferences and click on Startup Disk. Click on the OSX hard drive and click on Reboot. Let us know if that ? goes away after that. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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rfomlover #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 18, 2010 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 83 Mac Specs: Mid 2012 i7 13" MBP & PowerMac G5 2.5 Quad 8GB QFX	02-14-2010, 07:17 PM When I boot up my MacBook pro, it really quickly shows a folder with a question mark. It just started today. Anyone know what it means?
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6string #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 09, 2009 Location: Down Under :D Posts: 5,484 Mac Specs: Back to my old 2.2GHz C2D MB after selling my MBP and wondering what my next Mac will be :)	02-14-2010, 07:31 PM Have a read through this
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6string #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 09, 2009 Location: Down Under :D Posts: 5,484 Mac Specs: Back to my old 2.2GHz C2D MB after selling my MBP and wondering what my next Mac will be :)	02-14-2010, 10:23 PM Well, just keep a constant backup, best off with CCC or SuperDuper, so that way, if your hard drive fails that you have a bootable external copy of your system. I would, just to check, boot off your install disc, and verify disk in disk utilities, and if errors come up, repair disk.
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rfomlover #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 18, 2010 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 83 Mac Specs: Mid 2012 i7 13" MBP & PowerMac G5 2.5 Quad 8GB QFX	02-15-2010, 11:17 PM I figured it out. It was because I had a boot camp partition set up before I had windows on it. I think it was trying to boot that partition with nothing on it, after putting on windows, it went away, also I set my OS X partition back to the default for startup and it is gone. Also, today I put in a new HDD. 500GB 7200rpm hitachi travel star I think.
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